Jim Sagel Papers, 1947-2002

The personal and professional papers of New Mexican chicanesque author and educator Jim Sagel. Includes biographical material, correspondence, written works, teaching and other professional records, and audiovisual material.

Writer and educator Jim Sagel was born in 1947 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, to parents Edward and Betty Sagel. The eldest of three brothers in the farming family, Jim graduated from Fort Morgan High School in 1965, and published his earliest piece in the school’s literary newspaper “Prufrock” that same year. He continued his education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1969. Later that year, Sagel moved to Española, New Mexico, and began substitute teaching at Española Valley High School, where he met Teresa Archuleta, a native of the Española Valley. They married in 1970. Sagel continued to teach high school in northern New Mexico until 1976, when he received a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico for his thesis “Rebuilt,” a poetry collection.

Sagel’s tenure at Northern New Mexico Community College started in 1976, and during his 22-year career as a university instructor, he taught at the Institute of American Indian Art (Santa Fe), at University of New Mexico campuses in Los Alamos, Española, Santa Fe and Taos, and at campuses in Peñaso, Gallina, and Mesa Vista. He was appointed director of the Division of Humanities at the University of New Mexico in Los Alamos, a position he held until his death in 1998. He was awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1993 and appointed the Carruthers Chair in Honors in the UNM General Honors program.

Of Prussian descent, Sagel arrived in New Mexico neither speaking nor writing Spanish. He quickly determined, however, that mastery of the language was a necessary skill. With the help of his wife’s family, particularly his father- and mother-in-law, Jacobo and Matilde Archuleta, Sagel learned Spanish solely through contact with native speakers, and began to write in both English and Spanish. Three collections of his bilingual poetry, Hablando de brujas y la gente de antes, Foreplay and French Fries, and Small Bones, Little Eyes, were published in 1981. In the same year, Sagel won Cuba’s Premio Casa de las Américas for his Spanish-language collection of short stories Tunomás Honey. Sagel was the second United States citizen in the prize’s history to win the prestigious award, and Tunomás Honey remains Sagel’s most-recognized work.

As a result of the recognition accompanying this achievement, Sagel became a controversial figure within the Chicano literary community. Though Sagel was widely praised for the quality of his work and for the precision of the vernacular New Mexican Spanish in which it was written, his ethnicity made him difficult to categorize. Given that the subjects and themes of his works pertained to the Hispanic communities of New Mexico, the descriptive term “Chicanesque” was applied to Sagel’s pieces. Coined by Chicano literary critics Donaldo Urioste and Franciso Lomelí, chicanesque works sympathetically treat subjects relevant to the Chicano community, but are written by are written by non-Chicano authors.

Sagel continued to pen English-language and bilingual essays, short stories, poetry and children’s literature throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He was also a regular contributor of local-interest feature articles to the Albuquerque Journal from 1981 to 1996, researching and writing over 150 pieces for that newspaper. His 1992 collection Dancing to Pay the Light Bill drew from these articles and others Sagel published in New Mexico Magazine. A 1990 collaboration with photographer Jack Parsons, Straight from the Heart: Portraits of Traditional Hispanic Musicians, featured an essay by Sagel that accompanied Parson’s photos of traditional New Mexican singers.

Two more bilingual poetry collections followed Sagel’s early efforts: Los cumpleaños de Doña Águeda (1984) and On the Make Again/Otra vez en la movida (1990), and in 1994 the Venezuelan press Espada Rota published Remedios: Una colección de poemas curativos. In keeping with the bilingual publication of Tunomás Honey in 1983, Sagel wrote three more short story collections, producing Sábelotodo Entiéndelonada (1988), El Santo Queso/The Holy Cheese (1990) and Más que no love it (1991), collections for which he wrote complete Spanish and English versions of each story.

Sagel’s series of bilingual children’s books, Where the Cinnamon Winds Blow/Donde soplan los vientos de canela (1993), Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos (1996), and Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón (1998), were met with much popular interest, as was his final collection of poetry, Unexpected Turn (1997). In 1997, he won the Premio San Sebastián for his Spanish-language play Doña Refugio y su comadre (Kuxta, 1997), a work that was performed bilingually in Española in 1998.

As an editor, Sagel prepared special editions of the literary journals Suntracks and Puerto del sol, and compiled the Resiembra (1982) literary anthology, efforts which placed him in contact with regional authors, and led to relationships that he continued to cultivate throughout his professional career. He also acted as a consultant on the local Spanish dialect used in the Spanish-language editions of the Pleasant Company’s American Girls: Josefina series. Sagel’s professional association with the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities and various education-related state agencies resulted in numerous speaking and workshop engagements throughout the state.

After suffering from bouts of depression throughout his adult life, Sagel committed suicide at the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge in Socorro, New Mexico on April 6, 1998.

The personal and professional papers of New Mexican author and educator Jim Sagel consist of ten series: Personal and Biographical , Correspondence, Written Works, Talks and Speeches, Teaching, Professional, Collected Material, Research Material, Audio-Visual Materials, and Artifacts.

The Personal and Biographical series consists of diplomas, family-related documents, dream journals, date books, articles and works about Sagel, and materials relating to Sagel’s death. Correspondence includes ongoing correspondence with Sandra Cisneros, Denise Chávez, José Antonio Burciaga, Nasario Garcia, and John Nichols among others. Written Works is divided into nine subseries: Children’s Literature, Editorial Work, Essays, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Short Stories, Textbook, and Notebooks. The content of each of the subseries can include notes, notebooks, outlines, draft fragments, drafts, proofs, publication information, publications, and reviews and publicity, in that order. Talks and Speeches includes an inventory of the speaker’s associations to which Sagel belonged, typescripts of his speeches, newspaper articles announcing talks, and information about workshops Sagel offered. Teaching is comprised of course materials, lesson plans, handouts (both Sagel’s original work and copies of other material), teaching-related paperwork, teaching materials, and student writing. Professional contains materials relating to Sagel’s professional careers as an author and as a university instructor. It incorporates paperwork regarding Sagel’s publishing, university teaching, grant applications, and involvement in literary conferences. Collected Material consists of unique books, articles, and collections written by others that Sagel acquired. Many of these works are by fellow writers whom Sagel knew personally, or with whom he corresponded. Research Material includes handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, articles, and papers Sagel used in his writing, teaching, and personal life. Audio-Visual Materials contains photographs, artwork, a compact disc, videocassette tapes, and cassette tapes. Artifacts includes such miscellaneous items as oversized photographs, plaques, personal items, and folk art.

The Benson Latin American Collection holds a number of Sagel's works, as well as a dvd copy of the film "The Unexpected Turn of Jim Sagel/La vuelta inesperada de Jim Sagel" by Pilar Rodriguez Aranda at call number DVD 4978 LAC-Z.

Personal and Biographical, 1947-2002

This series is comprised of materials pertaining to Sagel’s personal and family life, and to his death. It includes correspondence from his wife, Teresa Archuleta-Sagel, numerous newspaper and magazine articles about Sagel, and three Master’s theses and a film script concerning Sagel and his work. The materials relating to Sagel’s death consist of his autopsy, a police report from the Sevilleta refuge, documents from the memorials commemorating Sagel’s life (including the performance of Doña Refugio y su comadre), obituary articles, condolence letters, and letters to Teresa after Sagel’s death. An appraisal of the Sagel Archive by John Randall, and a preliminary index and notes for the archive complete the section. The series also contains the content listing of the Sagel Archive housed at the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos.

Correspondence, 1979-1998

This series includes professional correspondence with the presses that published Sagel’s work in book form: West End, Bilingual Review, Casa de las Américas, Red Crane, Ediciones del Norte, Place of Herons, and Cinco Puntos, among others. The series features solicitations for literary prizes, communication with literary agents, and letters from family, friends and colleagues. Correspondence between Sagel and numerous other authors (American, Latin American and Spanish) and educators is included, as is a congratulatory letter from Tomás Rivera in support of Sagel’s work.

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Ab-Af [various]

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Ag-Ai [various]

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Aguilar, Ricardo, 1990-1998

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Al [various]

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Am-Ap [various]

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Ar [various]

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Arpiazu, Miguel, 1998

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As [various]

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At-Ay [various]

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Ba-Be [various]

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Benton, Lawrence, 1984-1991

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Bergholz, Susan, 1989-1994

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Bi-Bl [various]

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Bilingual Review/Press, 1983-1996

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Binder, Wolfgang, 1983-1984

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Bo [various]

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Br [various]

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Bu-By [various]

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Burciaga, Cecilia, 1997-1998

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Burciaga, José Antonio, 1983-1989

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Burciaga, José Antonio, 1991-N.d.

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Ca [various],

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Caballero, Raúl, 1983-1992

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Casa de las Américas, 1983-1997

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Ce [various]

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Certámen [various]

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Ch [various]

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Chávez, Denise, 1986-1997

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Chicano Literary Contest, 1987-1993

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Christensen, Will and Naomi, 1985-N.d.

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Chronicle Books, 1993-1996

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Ci-Cl [various]

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Ciddio, Jessica, 1997-1998

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Cinco Puntos Press, 1986-1997

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Cisneros, Sandra, 1984-1998

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Co [various]

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Cobos, Rubén, 1987-1998

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Cody, Jim, 1984-1991

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Concurso [various]

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Consulado de México, 1992-1995

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Cordova, Debbie, 1988-1997

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Cr-Cu [various]

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Crawford, John, 1987-N.d.

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Cuesta, Martín, 1992-1998

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Da [various]

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De [various]

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Del Solar, Daniel, 1984-1998

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Del Valle, Mario, 1989-1998

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Denton, Margery, 1991-N.d.

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Dessús, Virginia, 1985-1997

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Di-Do [various]

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DiSuvero, Victor, 1993

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Dorris, Michael, 1989-1997

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Dr-Du [various]

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Duff, Diane, 1988-1990

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Ea-Ed [various]

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Ediciones del Norte, 1988-1993

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Eh-En [various]

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Elizondo, Sergio, 1987-1991

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Encuentro Chicano México 1995, 1995

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Er [various]

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Es-Ev [various]

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Fa-Fe [various]

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Fi-Fl [various]

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Floating Island Publications,

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Fo-Fu [various]

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Forns-Broggi, Roberto, 1996-1997

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Ga [various]

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García, Nasario, 1990-1998

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Ghost Ranch, 1984-1994

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Gi-Gl [various]

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Gilmore, Eleanor, 1990-1998

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Go [various]

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González, Ray, 1987-1992

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Gr [various]

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GTE-Gu [various]

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Ha [various]

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Hampton Brown Company, 1997-1998

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Harjo, Joy, 1989-1994

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Hay, Jim, 1984-1993

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Hayes, Charles, 1984-1988

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He [various]

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Herrera, Juan Felipe, 1981-1992

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Hi [various]

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Hispanic Link, 1983-1988

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Hispanic Link, 1989-1998

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Ho [various]

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Hu [various]

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I [various]

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Ja-Je [various]

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Jo-Ju [various]

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Ka-Ki [various]

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Keller, Gary, 1983-1987

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Kn-Ku [various]

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Knaebel, André, 1997

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La [various]

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Lamadrid, Enrique, 1984-1990

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Le [various]

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Letters from Children [Alcalá, Mónica- Zarate, Erica],

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Letters from Children [Adriana- various],

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Li [various]

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Ll-Lo [various]

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López, Alejandro, 1983-1991

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Lu-Ly [various]

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Mac-Man [various]

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Mar-Maz [various]

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Macias, Elva, 1994

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Mc [various]

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McDonald, Pita, 1986-1998

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Me [various]

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Mestas, Arlene, 1991-1996

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Mi [various]

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Milligan, Bryce, 1986-1994

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Ministerio de Educación y Cultura "Queries Sent", N.d.

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Mod-Moore [various]

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Momaday, N. Scott, 1989

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Montoya, José, 1990

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Mor-My [various]

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Museum of New Mexico 1985-1988

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Na [various]

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Nancy Stauffer Associates, 1993-1996

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Naranjo, Laurie, 1991-N.d.

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National Endowment for the Arts, 1984-1995

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Ned-New Directions [various]

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New Mexico A- New Mexico L [various]

New Mexico Arts Division:

New Mexico Arts Division:

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1983-1984

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1984-1987

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1988-1994

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New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities, 1987-1997

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New Mexico Highlands University, 1988-1996

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New Mexico Humanities Council, 1983-1986

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New Mexico Magazine, 1984-1996

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New Mexico Military Institute- New Mexico State [various],

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New Scholar- Nuñez, James [various]

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Nichols, John, 1979-1997

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O [various]

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Pa [various]

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Pe-Ph [various]

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PEN Organization, 1991-1994

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Peña, Alfonso, 1994-1998

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Pi-Pl [various]

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Pleasant Company, 1997-1998

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Po [various]

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Pr-Ps [various]

Premios:

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A-C [various]

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Casa de las Américas, 1980-2000

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Ciudad de San Sebastián, 1997

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E-I [various]

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J-M [various]

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N-V [various]

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"Premios Not Sent" [various]

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Pu [various]

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Puerto del Sol, 1985-1996

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Q [various]

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Ra [various]

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Re [various]

Red Crane Books:

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1991-1994

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1995-1998

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Revagliatti, Rolando, 1997-1998

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Ri [various]

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Rivera, Tomás, 1981

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Ro-Ry [various]

Rodríguez, Pilar:

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1991-1998

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N.d.

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Sa-San Juan [various]

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Santa Clara- Sarkonak [various]

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Sagel, Betty, N.d.

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Sagel, Bob, 1985-1998

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Sagel, Gary, 1995-N.d.

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Sagel Family [various]

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Salazar, Jesús, 1994-1995

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Salazar, Joe and Jeannette, 1980-1990

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Sc-Si [various]

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Schmidt, Alejandro, 1996-1997

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Sk-Sp [various]

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Soto, Gary, 1991

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St-Sy [various]

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Ta-Ti [various]

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Tafolla, Carmen, 1991-1995

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Tr-Tu [various]

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U [various]

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Ulibarri, Sabine, 1988-1990

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Universidad de Guadalajara, 1995

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University of New Mexico, 1990-1998

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University of New Mexico-Española- Univeristy of New Mexico-Taos [various]

Written Works

Collections are listed first in each subseries, followed by individual pieces, and then by miscellaneous materials (fragments, notes, outlines) that pertain to the subseries but that are not associated with any particular work.

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Children's Literature

The subseries Children’s Literature is divided into the three books that Sagel published, and into individual stories. The books Always the Heart/ Siempre el corazón, Garden of Stories/ Jardín de cuentos, Where the Cinnamon Winds Blow/ Donde soplan los vientos de canela are listed alphabetically by their English titles and are preceded by a proposal Sagel made for a series of children’s book. Because most of the books experienced title changes during their composition, drafts with other working titles are listed alphabetically under the book to which they pertain; for example, “Hembras Tejidas” and “Mujer cambiante” both became “Always the Heart”, and are therefore listed under that book.

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Children's Book Series Proposal Draft

Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Research notes

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notes 1

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notes 2

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notebook A

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notebook B

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notebook C

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Notebook D

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Book outline

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Always the Heart: Draft Fragment A

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Siempre el corazón: Draft Fragments A and B

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Siempre el corazón: Draft Fragment C

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Bilingual draft fragment

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Always the Heart: Draft A

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Always the Heart: Draft B

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Siempre el corazón: Revision, "Sharon" 21 Feb 1998

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Draft comments

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Drafts of glossary/glosario

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Contract, Red Crane Books

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Always the Heart/Siempre el corazón: Publicity

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Hembras tejidas: Draft fragment A

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Hembras tejidas: Draft A

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Hembras tejidas: Draft B

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Mujer cambiante: Draft fragment A

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Mujer cambiante: Working draft

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La mujer que se cambia: Draft A

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La mujer que se cambia: Draft B

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La mujer que se cambia: Draft C

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Regresar en dos tiempos: Draft A

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Regresar en dos tiempos: Draft B

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Woven Women: Draft A

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Woven Women: Draft A

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Notes

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Notebook

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Garden of Stories: Draft

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft Fragment A

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft Fragment B

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Jardín de cuentos: Working Draft

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft A

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft B

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft C

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft D

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft E

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft F

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft G

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Jardín de cuentos: Draft H

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Jardín de cuentos: Revision, Maribel Leyva

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Jardín de cuentos: Revision, Nasario García

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Jardín de cuentos: Revision, Ricardo Aguilar

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Contract, Red Crane Books

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Book

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Reviews and Publicity

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Garden of Stories/Jardín de cuentos: Signed book review, New Mexico Magazine

Individual essay collections are listed alphabetically at the beginning of the subseries. Published essays follow; they are listed first by place of publication, and then chronologically. The places of publication are in the following order: Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Journal North, other newspapers, New Mexico Magazine, other magazines, the Albuquerque Museum, and book and movie reviews. Each article listed features a subheading describing the subjects of that article. Unpublished articles, listed alphabetically, and notes for which no draft could be found are at the end of the subseries.

Essay Collections

Buena Carga:

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Correspondence, 9 April 1990

Dancing To Pay the Light Bill:

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Drafts, "¿Cómo se dice 'Big Mac' en español?"

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Drafts, "Dichos"

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Draft, "Education and Other Little-Known Dangers"

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Drafts, "Gabriel's Bar and Grill"

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Drafts, "Talking Ronald Reagan"

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Drafts, "El Turco"

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Drafts, "What If Kearney Took the Wrong Turn at Las Vegas?"

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Drafts, Various essays

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Volume Draft A

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Contract, Red Crane Press

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Book

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Book Review, New Mexico Magazine, July 1992

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Book Reviews and Publicity, 1992-1994

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Talking points

Una High Life:

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Draft A [2 folders]

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Draft B [2 folders]

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Draft C [2 folders]

I'm Tellin' This Story Now:

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Book proposal

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Notebook

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Draft A [2 folders]

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Draft A [2nd folder]

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Draft B

Straight From the Heart:

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Notes

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Draft C

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Photos

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Contract, UNM Press

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Proofs

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Reviews, 1991-1994

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Publicity/Cataloging

La vida de antes:

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Notes

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Notebook A

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Notebook B

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Notebook C

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Notebook D

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Outline

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Draft fragment A

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Draft fragment B

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La vida de antes: Draft A [2 folders]

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La vida de antes: Draft B [2 folders]

Albuquerque Journal feature articles

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"Quehaceres: Weaver's Way of Life Makes Art of Work." Albuquerque Journal North, 5 December 1981

"The Revolt Will Resume Three Hundred Years Later": Spawning the Medicine River 7, 1981

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"Frigid," "Petra Jr.": Tonantzín, June/July 1984

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Poems: Alphabetical

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Poems starting with a number

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Poems "A"

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"A Lota Girlfriends"

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"A Nice Juicy Hamburger"

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Poems "B"

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Poems "C"

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Poems "D"

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"Direcciones"

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Poems "E"

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"Está en su casa"

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Poems "F"

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Poems "G"

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Poems "H"

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Poems "I"

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Poems "J"

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Poems "L"

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Poems "M"

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Poems "N"

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Poems "O"

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Poems "P"

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Poems "Q"

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Poems "R"

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"Rondita"

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Poems "S"

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Poems "T"

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Poems "U" and "V"

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Poems "W"

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"Waterbug Codex"

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Poems "Y"

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Poems untitled

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Poems written before Sagel's death: "Prognosticación," "Renacimiento"

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Short Stories

Short story collections are listed alphabetically. They are followed by short stories published individually, which are listed alphabetically by journal title. Individual short stories, listed alphabetically, follow.

"De la muerte y de la suerte":

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Notes

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"De la muerte y de la suerte"

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"Dos clases de perros"

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"Strange noises"

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"Ruidos"

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"Two Types of Dogs"

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Draft C

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Draft D

"Easy":

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Draft fragment

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Submission for publication

"The Fighting Knights of San Jose":

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Notes

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Draft fragments [2 folders]

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Draft C

"Más que no love it":

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"Antes no había ni una casa aquí"

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"La bruja"

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"Embócame en la mal casa"

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"Este Pifi"

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"La familia"

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"I'm Very Sorry"

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"The Late Joe Hurts"

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"Más Que No Love It" [Eng]

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"Más que no love it" [Spn]

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"Preface"

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"Prefacio"

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"¡Quéjese!"

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"¿Quién sabe qué será el problema allá?"

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"So, Complain!"

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"This Pifi"

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"Who Knows What the Problem Is Over There?"

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"The Witch"

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Draft fragment A

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Draft fragment B

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Draft fragment C

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Draft fragment D

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Draft C

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Contract: West End Press

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Publication notes, proofs

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Book review, Plural

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Publicity and Review

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"People Were One": Draft A [2 folders]

"Sábelotodo Entiéndelonada":

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"Petenrita" [Eng]

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"Petenrita" [Spn]

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"Professor Teeshirt's Secret"

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"Sábelotodo Entiéndelonada" [Eng]

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"Sábelotodo Entiéndelonada" [Spn]

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"El secreto del profesor camiseta"

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"Show Starts In Ten Minutes" [Eng]

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"Show Starts In Ten Minutes" [Spn]

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Book notes

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Reviews

"El Santo Queso/The Holy Cheese":

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Notes

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"The Biggest Liars In Town"

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"Contamination"

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"De velorios a casorios"

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"Easy" [Spn]

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"Los embusteros más grandes del pueblo"

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"From Wakes To Weddings"

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"The Holy Cheese"

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"El Inventor"

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"The Inventor"

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"La Muerte Bataan" [Eng]

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"La Muerte Bataan" [Spn]

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"Occupational Hazards"

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"Riesgos ocupacionales"

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"El Santo Queso"

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"A Silent Place"

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Draft A

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Draft B

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Draft C

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Draft A

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Submission to Avon Books

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Galleys and galley fragment

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Book review, Casa de las Américas

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Reviews

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Publicity

"Una sed imposible":

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Draft A

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Draft B

"Tunomás Honey":

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Notebook

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Draft A [2 folders]

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Casa de las Américas Prize telegram March-April 1982

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Book Review, Casa de las Américas

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Reviews

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Publicity

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Critical articles

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Presentation, Ruidoso Library

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Exhibition, UNM-LA library

Published Short Stories

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"Easy": Albuqerque Living, January 1988

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"La junta": Amaru, June 1981

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"El que nunca murió," "Ruidos": Azar, December 1993

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"Chaung Tzu y tú": Blancomóvil, April 1993

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"Embócame en la mal casa": Blancomóvil, March-April 1992

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"Lupe's Bar and Grill": Cambio, 1979-1980

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"Poco veneno no mata": Plural, July 1981

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"Antes no había ni una casa aquí": Plural, May 1982

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"Embócame en la mal casa": Plural, June-Oct 1987

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"You Never Know When You're Going To Need Salt": Scree, 1981

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"Old Greymare": Spawning the Medicine River, Fall 1981

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"Tunomás Honey": El tecolote, N.d.

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"Doña Refugio and Her Comadre": Tierra, 1989

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"El que nunca murió": Tierra Adentro, April-May 1998

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"Occupational Hazards": Xenomorph, Winter 1988

Individual Short Stories

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"El Americano"

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"Another Río Arriba Murder"

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"Arreglos"

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"The Arzobispo's Windshield"

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"Back-Row Poet"

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"Bisbee": Notes, draft fragments

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"Bisbee": Drafts

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"Bisbee": Anonymous revisions [poss. Mike Ebinger]

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"Calavera"

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"Caminar sobre la cola de un tigre"

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"El camino viejo pasaba por aquí"

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"Chifladera"

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"La danza"

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"Dean the Death-Tripper": Draft fragments, drafts

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"Dean the Death-Tripper": Submission, Susan Bergholz

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"Death in the Family"

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"Doña Refugio y su comadre"

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"Dos clases de perros": Notes, draft fragments, drafts

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"Dúo"

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"Easy" [Eng]

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"Easy" [Spn]

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"Egg Shoes"

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"El que cantó hasta morir"

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"El que nunca murió"

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"En casa"

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"Entre silencios"

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"Fragrance of Orchids"

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"La familia"

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"Fred Ford": Notes, draft fragments, draft

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"From Death and Fate"

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"La fuga"

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"A Hard Climb"

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"The Healer"

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"The Intiation"

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"Juan de Dios, Etc." [Eng]

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"Juan de Dios, Etc." [Spn]

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"Landmine"

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"Lupe's Bar and Grill"

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"Más que no love it" [Bilingual]: Ideas and outline

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"Más que no love it" [Spn]

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"The médico"

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"El médico"

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"Muertos que no hacen ruido" [Eng]: Notes, draft

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"Muertos que no hacen ruido" [Spn]: Draft fragments, draft

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"Occupational hazards"

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"Old Greymare" [Eng]

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"Old Greymare" [Spn]

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"The One Who Sang Until He Died"

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"Peine perfumado"

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"Posada": Draft fragments, draft

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"Ruidos"

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"El sanador"

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"El secreto del profesor camiseta"

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"Una sed imposible"

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"Los Senior Cities"

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"Será un milagro"

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"Serruche": Notes, outline, draft fragments, drafts

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"Sixty-six Relatives On the Payroll"

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"Skull"

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"Smoky Orchid": Outline, draft fragment, drafts

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"Strange Noises"

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"Talking Ronald Reagan"

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"Tía Beatriz"

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"Tía Luisa"

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"La traducción"

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"El travieso"

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"Two Types of Dogs"

"Virgin":

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Draft fragments, drafts A-C

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Drafts D-F

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Revisions, Mike Ebinger

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Revisions, Sandra Cisneros

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"Writing the Unimaginable"

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"You Like Beans?"

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"You Never Know When You're Going To Need Salt"

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"Zapatos de huevo"

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Untitled story draft

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Story Ideas [2 folders]

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Story Ideas: Reflexiones tapatías

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Research material

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Talking points: "Inspiration for stories"

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Textbook: "De Mastro, Poeta y Loco":

Sagel’s unpublished bilingual creative writing textbook incorporated worksheets and exercises he devised while teaching throughout Northern New Mexico. Further related material not listed in this subseries may be found in the “Teaching Materials” series.

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Notes A

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Notes B

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Notes C

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Draft fragment A

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Draft fragment B

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Draft fragment C

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Draft fragment D

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Draft fragment E

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Draft A 1

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Draft A 2

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Draft B 1

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Draft B 2

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Notebooks

The Notebooks subseries is divided into two sections: Teaching/Organizational Notebooks, and Writing notebooks. Though nearly all Sagel’s notebooks contain drafts of his written works, the Teaching/Organizational Notebooks are dominated by entries that pertain to teaching, workshops or other non-authorial activities. The content of each notebook under Writing Notebooks mostly relates to his written works. For each notebook, if a title was written on the front or back cover (or both), that title is in quotation marks at the beginning of the entry for that notebook. If there were titles on the front and back cover, the two titles are both in quotation marks, and listed at the beginning of the entry. Each notebook entry includes detailed information about the contents of the notebook; poems are so denoted, and essay and short story drafts are indicated by the title under which they were eventually published (e.g. “Alfonso Story a Tale of Two”) or by subject matter if they were not published.

Sagel’s membership in various speakers’ associations is listed chronologically by the date he joined a given association. The readings, lectures and speeches are listed chronologically, then alphabetically when a specific date was lacking. Announcements of speeches are cataloged chronologically. Workshops are listed alphabetically by workshop title.

Teaching

Course materials are listed chronologically by the year and semester they were taught, then alphabetically by course title and, again, alphabetically by the site at which the course was taught. The handouts distributed in his classes are next, organized first by Sagel’s original handouts, then by those pertaining to essay and short story, plays, poetry and various other genres, in that order. Teaching paperwork follows, alphabetized by subject, and then Teaching Materials, arranged alphabetically by topic. Student writing completes the series, leading with collections of student writing organized alphabetically by title, and followed by individual student works listed alphabetically by student name.

Professional

This series is divided into four subseries: Publication Related, Teaching Related, Grants and Associations, and Conferences. Under each subseries, material is listed alphabetically by the subject matter.

Research Material

Research material begins with a group of Sagel’s handwritten notes on particular topics relevant to his work, followed by alphabetical Research Material files that include clippings and copies of interest.

Audio-Visual Materials

Audio-Visual Materials are divided into five subseries: Photographs, Artwork, CD, Video and Cassette tapes. Photographs are divided into photographs of Sagel and his family (organized alphabetically) and other photographs. Artwork is listed alphabetically. Videos are organized in alphabetical order. Cassette tapes are divided into two groups, tapes of Sagel reading or which pertain to him directly, and other tapes. Other tapes are listed alphabetically by tape title.

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Photographs

Photographs of Sagel and family:

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Betty Sagel

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Ed and Betty Sagel wedding

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Edward Sagel

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Sagel family

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Jim Sagel as a baby

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Jim, 1978

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Jim, 1986

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Jim Sagel and Edward James Olmos

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Jim Sagel and Michael Naranjo

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Jim Sagel and Teresa Archuleta Sagel

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Jim Sagel by Miriam Berkeley

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Jim Sagel [3 folders]

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Jim Sagel [cont'd]

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Contact sheets: Photographs by Margery Denton

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From San Sebastian Award Ceremony, 1998

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Teresa Archuleta-Sagel

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Other Photographs:

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Photographs and slides of nature

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Slides of "Harold M. es rata" graphitti

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Johnny Martinez photos [2 folders]

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Miscellaneous photographs

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Miscellaneous photographs, negatives and contact sheets

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Miscellaneous slides

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Torn photographs

Artwork

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Artwork by José Antonio Burciaga

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Artwork by Naomi Ferran

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Artwork from office at UNM-LA

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Miscellaneous Artwork

CD's

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"Estrella fugaz: A Song Cycle to Poems of Jim Sagel (2000)" by Carlos Archuleta and Charles Shadle